A Short History of the United States Part 29

---- 233, 234.--_a_. What fact hindered the growth of cotton on a large scale in colonial times?

_b_. How did Whitney's cotton gin change these conditions?

---- 235, 236.--_a_. Why had manufacturing received so little attention before the Revolution?

_b_. How did the new government encourage manufacturing?

CHAPTER 23

-- 237.--_a_. How did Jefferson's inauguration ill.u.s.trate his political ideas?

_b_. Compare his method of opening Congress with that employed by Was.h.i.+ngton and Adams. Which method is followed to-day?

---- 238.--_a_. What is the Civil Service? How had Was.h.i.+ngton and Adams filled offices? Was their action wise?

---- 239.--_a_. Explain the Judiciary Act of 1801.

_b_. What power has Congress over the Judiciary? (Const.i.tution, Art.

III).

---- 240.--_a_. What was Jefferson's policy toward expenses? How did he carry it out? What was the result of these economies?

_b_. Was the reduction of the navy wise? What conditions make a large navy necessary?

---- 241-244.--_a_. When and how had Louisiana changed hands since its settlement? Why were the Spaniards poor neighbors?

_b_. How did the United States acquire Louisiana?

_c_. Trace on a map the boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase. Compare its value to-day with the price paid.

_d_. What important discoveries did Lewis and Clark make?

---- 245, 246.--_a_. Give instances which ill.u.s.trate the disadvantages of the old way of electing the President and Vice-President.

_b_. Explain carefully the changes made by the Twelfth Amendment, and show how a President may be elected by a minority of the voters.

CHAPTER 24

---- 247.--_a_. Describe the doings of the African pirates. Why had Was.h.i.+ngton and Adams paid them?

_b_. Describe Jefferson's action and state the results.

---- 248, 249.--_a_. Compare the power of France and Great Britain at this time.

_b_. How did they try to injure one another? How did they treat American s.h.i.+ps?

_c_. Explain the impressment of sailors by the British.

---- 250, 251.--_a_. Describe the difficulties of Jefferson's position.

_b_. Give instances of refusal to buy British goods and the results.

_c_. Explain the Embargo Act. Why was it a failure?

_d_. Describe the outrage on the _Chesapeake_. Was the offer of the British government enough? What more should have been promised?

---- 252, 253.--_a_. What were Jefferson's objections to a third term?

What custom was established by these early Presidents?

_b_. Where have we found Madison prominent before?

_c_. Explain the difference between the Embargo Act and the Non-Intercourse Act.

---- 254, 255.--_a_. Describe the attempt to renew friendly intercourse with Great Britain.

_b_. What do you think of Napoleon's treatment of the United States?

---- 256.--_a_. What caused the trouble with the Indians?

_b_. Describe Harrison's action. How were the British connected with this Indian trouble?

---- 257-259.--_a_. How did all these affairs affect the relations between the United States and Great Britain?

_b_. Explain the att.i.tude of Clay and Calhoun.

_c_. What is meant by the "rising spirit of nationality"?

_d_. Ill.u.s.trate, by facts already studied, the reasons given in Madison's message.

GENERAL QUESTIONS

_a_. How has machinery influenced the history of the United States?

_b_. Draw a map showing the extent of the United States in 1802 and 1804.

_c_. What were the four most important things in Jefferson's administrations? Why do you select these?

TOPICS FOR SPECIAL WORK

_a_. Robert Fulton or Eli Whitney.

_b_. Exploration of the Northwest.

_c_. War with the African pirates.